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abundant nourislimeut to the ensuing crop. After it is gathered, 

 the knife is again immediately emploj^ed to remove all old 

 leaves, in order to give space and light for new ones. And inas- 

 nuich as the large amount of fresh foliage, thus annually 

 encouraged, produces a corresponding amount of new tissue, the 

 plants are so far annually regenerated ; and hence, it may be 

 concluded, that the frequent renewal of the plantations becomes 

 less necessary. When young plantations are made at this place, 

 the rows are 2^ ^^^^ apart, and the plants 2 feet from each 

 other in the rows. 



The quality of the Potato crop this season was here excellent ; 

 but the quantity deficient owing to the haulm having been 

 prematurely cut off by the disease. The sorts chiefly grown are 

 the Forty-fold (red), and the Goldtinder (white). From the 

 quantity of Brussels Sprouts grown for market, it w-ould appear 

 that there is a class of society in Bath that can appreciate the 

 superior delicacy of that kind of winter green. This being the 

 case, the Early Ulm Savoy would doubtless prove an acceptable 

 introduction to that locality ; for its quality is much finer than 

 that of the large Savoy, and approaches that of the Brussels 

 Sprouts. 



Mr. Lydiard had a span-roofed house, north and south, for 

 early Melons. The flue is built of ashlar Bath-stone, with the 

 exception of a few bricks near the fire. This fine is very close, 

 and Mr. Lydiard says it stands the fire very well. The slabs 

 with which it is constructed are IS inches in length ; those for 

 the sides are two inches thick ; and the covers, of the same 

 material, are '■) inches thick. The joints are made with coal-ash 

 mortar. 



MONTEBELLO, BATHWICK HILL, 

 THE RESIDENCE OF G. H. SIMS, ESQ. 



This is a very elevated spot, many hundred feet above the 

 bottom of the valley, in which the Avon flows to Bath. It is on 

 the east side of the city, near the top of the bill, facing the south- 

 west, and consequently much exposed to the strong winds from that 

 quarter. Where the garden, or rather series of terraced gardens 

 have been formed, the ground is exceedingly steep ; and if the 

 ground made for a garden had been laid according to the original 

 slope, the soil would have been washed down. Therefore, terrace 

 above terrace has been formed to modify the declivity. The 



